Unit 1 Complete IELTS

• Why are people in some countries happier than in others?. Scanning for these number... 1: Costa Rica’s position on the index 3: the number of measurements 143: the number of countries

Reading 2

• Why are people in some countries happier than

in others?

• What can governments

do to try to make people happier?

• What photos would you choose to show people’s happiness in Vietnam?

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1 What country is the video about?

2 What does it tell you about that country?

Exercise 2

1 A Costa Rican economics professor

2 A researcher

Scanning for these number What each number refers to?

1

3

143

2008

Scanning for these number What each number refers to?

1: Costa Rica’s position on the index

3: the number of measurements

143: the number of countries on the index

2008: when the index is created

Note completion

1 Is it necessary to read the whole passage carefully in order to complete the notes? Why/ why not?

2 Do you need to spend time understanding parts of the passage which don’t give answers to the questions?

Exercise 3

1 The Happy Planet Index

2 Words in italics

Keywords in questions Similar words in the passage

started created

lists ranking/ ranks

effect impact

the quantity how much

uses consumes

population CITIZENS

Exercise 4

1 How many words or numbers can you use?

2 Can you use a word AND a number?

Exercise 4

1 2008

2 143

3 environment

4 resources

5 health

6 citizens

• Did you need to read the whole passage carefully to find the answer, or did you read some parts quite

quickly and other parts more carefully?

• Were there any words in the passage which you didn’t understand? Did you need to understand all these

words in order to complete the notes?

Work in small groups

1 Which of these things do you think are important to making people happy, and which are not so important? Why?

- Being healthy

- Earning a lot of money

- Having a good education

- Having good relationships

- Living in a beautiful place

2 What other things are important?

1 Workbook pages 6 & 7

2 Write on an A4 piece of paper Label it with your name and a date

- Translate one passage (pages 9 and 11 ) into Vietnamese

- Exercise 65.5

3 Handout 1: Pages 24-25 IELTS Express Intermediate - Workbook

4 Handout 2: Pages 89-155 New English File Upper – Intermediate